Illicit by Ava Harrison was definitely a book
I was looking forward to reading. Give me a good student/teacher romance any
day of the week, and I’ll devour it. However, this one sort of fell flat for
me.

The beginning of the book started off
amazing, the first 50-60% to be precise. Ava introduced two main characters and
both were shown as young but mature. They both have been through a lot in their
short time, but they instantly connected. Add in the forbidden romance, and I
thought, wow this is going to be a great read.

But after I kept reading, it seemed too much
started happening and things sort of took a turn for the worst. I’m a firm
believer that too much drama, angst, or even an immature heroine can bring the
book down. And that’s what happened for me. Lynn just wasn’t what I thought and
some of the situations showed her age. Even though it seemed in the first part
she was way more mature, but she really wasn’t. She’s just like any other
typical teenager, and some of the things she would do I just couldn’t look
over. Carson was almost the same way. For a guy that was older and knew better,
he still kept making the same mistakes over and over. Like I said, there was a
lot happening in the last part and maybe that’s why I felt disappointed.

Overall, Illicit was a good book, but it
wasn’t great. I just felt the characters started off so good, but then they
back tracked so much. Characters are supposed to grow, not go backwards. The
ending is what really saved this book for me. I just wish the flow of the
beginning of the book was the same for the entire book.

Author Bio

Ava Harrison is a New Yorker, born and bred.

When she’s not journaling her life, you can find her window shopping, cooking dinner for her family, or curled up on her couch reading a book.